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Why Russia gambled on Ukraine, with Bruno Maçães
World Review from the New Statesman
English - March 07, 2022 14:26 - 22 minutes - 30.5 MBPolitics News Government Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Russia’s war on Ukraine – Can more be done to help?
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its third week, the former Portuguese Europe minister and New Statesman contributing writer Bruno Maçães speaks to Ido Vock, Europe Correspondent, about how we got here and what could happen next. They discuss Russia’s increasingly indiscriminate bombings of Ukrainian cities, whether Putin misread Ukrainian strength and morale, and what action Western governments could take to support Ukraine militarily.
Further reading:
Why Putin invaded Ukraine
Without more planes from the West Ukraine can’t defend itself
Our addiction to oil has paid for Putin’s war
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